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Keywords
Alaska Natives; Pregnancy; Pregnant women – Tobacco use; Smoking cessation; Tobacco cessation; Tobacco use
Disciplines
Community-Based Research | Gender and Sexuality | Maternal and Child Health | Medicine and Health | Public Health | Race and Ethnicity
Abstract
Tobacco cessation interventions developed and evaluated for Alaska Native women do not exist. As part of routine clinical care provided at a prenatal visit, a brief tobacco educational intervention for Alaska Native pregnant women (N=100; mean ± SD age = 25.9±6.2 years; mean 6.3± 2.6 months gestation) was piloted at the Y-K Delta Regional Hospital in Bethel, Alaska. This retrospective study reports on the evaluation of this clinical program. The intervention was consistent with the clinical practice guidelines (i.e., 5 A’s – ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange), with an average duration of 20.2 ± 6.8 minutes. The self-reported tobacco abstinence rate following the intervention was 11% at the last prenatal visit and 12% at delivery. Delivering a tobacco cessation intervention at a prenatal visit is feasible, but there is a need to identify more effective interventions for Alaska Native pregnant women.
Recommended Citation
Patten, Christi A.; Enoch, Carrie; Renner, Caroline C.; Larsen, Karin; Decker, Paul A.; Anderson, Kari J.; Nevak, Caroline; Glasheen, Ann; Offord, Kenneth P.; and Lanier, Anne
(2008)
"Evaluation of a Tobacco Educational Intervention for Pregnant Alaska Native Women,"
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: Vol. 2:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
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https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol2/iss3/3
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